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 FORTIETH CONGRESS., Sess. III. Ch. 45, 46, 47. 1869. 275 IN SENATE or run Umrnn Sums, February 24, 1869. The Senate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled "An act regulating the duties on imported copper and copper ores," returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United States; with his objections, and sent by the House of Representatives to the Senate, with the message of the President returning the bil] : Resolved, That the bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same. Attest · GEO. C. GORHAM, Secretary <y" the Senate, U S CHAP. XLVI. —An Act making Appropriations (in part) ybr the Expenses of the Indian Feb. 25, 1869. Department, and for fulflling Treaty Sttpulations. """"`°`;“‘ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appr-oprittticn States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sum be, and gr *‘"?t°“ the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in- the treasury not jjgjgjilbe of otherwise appropriated, for the purpose hereinafter expressed: For the relief of the Yancton Sioux tribe of Indians, in Dakota Territory, in fulfilling treaty stipulations where the money has been misappropriated, to be expended under the direction of the governor and acting superintendent of Indian atihirs of Dakota Territory, and to be considered to be considas an offset against any claim these Indians may have against the govern- ggegxnzn °’TS“* ment for services during the late war, ten thousand dollars. ` Approved, February 25, 1869. CHAP. XLVII. — An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to confirm certain private Feb. 25, 1869. Land Claims in the Territory ofNew Mexico." Be it enacted by the Senate and [base of Representatives of the United VOL Xl" pj I1` States of America in Congress assembled, That the exterior lines of the Gl¤i¤g}S_<>YU<>1‘- Cornelio Vigil and Cram St. Vrain claims of eleven leagues each, subject to claims derived from said parties as confirmed by the act of Congress to be adjusted; approved twenty-first June, eighteen hundred and sixty, United States Statutes, volume twelve, page seventy-one, shall be adjusted according to the lines of the public surveys, as nearly as practicable, with the limits of said claims, yet in as compact a form as possible; and the claims of of an actual all actual settlers upon the tracts heretofore claimed by the said Vigil “m°’$ °”¤&°· and St. Vrain, holding possession under titles or promises to settle, which have been made by said Vigil and St. Vrain, or their legal representatives prior to the passage of this act, who may establish their claims within one year from the passage of this act, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the proper land district, shall in like manner be adjusted according to the subdivisional lines of survey, so as to include the lands so settled upon or purchased, and the areas of the same shall be deducted and excluded from the adjusted limits of the claims of said Vigil and St. Vrain respectively ; and the claims of all other actual set- Homestead tlers falling within the limits of the located claims of Vigil and St. Vrain am} preemption shall be adjusted to the extent which shall embrace their several settle~ °m'ms‘ ments upon their several claims being established either as pre-emption or homesteads, according to law; and for the aggregate of the areas of the latter class of claims the said Vigil and St. Vrain, or their legal representatives, shall be entitled to locate a like quantity of public lands, not mineral, according to the lines of the public surveys, and not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres in one section. Sec. 2. And be itftrtizer enacted, That it shall be the duty of the gen- 1, Lines cr pun. eral land office to cause the lines of the public surveys to be run in the 1,'§,;“‘V°YS "’ l’°